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Chapter 1738 A Third-Party Deity? (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

A pervasive gray light burst forth from Noctis's body, drawing upon the gray light within Heo's own body, tearing at his form and soul.

The surrounding space began to collapse at a visible rate.

Noctis opened his mouth as if to say something, but before he could utter a sound, a dazzling gray light burst forth from his body, tearing his body and soul apart with surging power.

His eyes widened, a look of bewilderment in them, as if he didn't understand why all this was happening.

But he had no chance to speak anymore; the surging gray light had engulfed his body and erased everything about him.

In that instant, the entire world seemed to lose control. The surrounding collapsing space shrank rapidly at a visible speed, and a violent and surging gray light covered almost all of He Ao's vision.

At the same time, the gray core that He Ao held in his hand began to shine brightly, like some kind of out-of-control magnet, and started to tremble violently.

The surrounding void rippled, but it did not return directly to the main world. The image of the huge spaceship reflected in the sky had been shattered, leaving only a dim void.

On the outer layer of this space, the illusory walls that enveloped the entire space and the shadows outside the walls seemed to begin to burn fiercely.

Noctis's soul was burning fiercely, like some kind of fuel, and was being 'sacrificed'.

Noctis's soul appears to have undergone some kind of mutation and 'enhancement,' its quality far exceeding that of ordinary extraordinary beings.

It was like a deliberately prepared 'sacrifice'.

The gray core held in He Ao's hand throbbed even more violently.

He Ao's hands seemed to have lost control of the gray core. The core was about to pass through his hands and will, and under the hazy gray light around him, it would break through the void and leave this area.

But just as this gray core was about to break through the void, some invisible connection entangled it.

The source of this connection is the gray light that separates He Ao's body from his body.

These radiant powers also belong to this gray core.

Just as these rays of light invaded He Ao's body, He Ao used his own body to establish a connection with these rays of light, 'binding' himself to them.

Although this space isolated his abilities, for a sorcerer, the use of mystical power is almost instinctive.

Moreover, He Ao had actually thought many times before entering this space about how to connect this power with himself and prevent it from escaping.

He also pre-constructed many potentially effective mystical academic formulas, which he memorized.

Abilities may be affected by isolation, but knowledge will not.

Of course, when they actually came into contact, the power attribute of this gray light still stunned He Ao for a moment.

The 'status' of this gray power was somewhat beyond his expectations.

After trying several spells and even temporarily constructing a new one, I managed to barely entangle the gray light, but using it as an anchor point was still not enough.

He Ao had been listening to Noctis's babbling incoherently, waiting for these forces to penetrate deeper into his body, using his own core consciousness as an anchor point, and trying to integrate these forces as a traction rope to pull the gray core.

Fortunately, this core power had already undergone some kind of 'special alteration,' greatly increasing its affinity for ordinary souls. This is why it was able to remain hidden in Noctis's soul without directly turning him into a monster.

In the present context, this allows He Ao to successfully pull back this gray core by using mysterious academic methods and his own will.

Even so, the gray core was throbbing violently, and it could break free from He Ao's control at any moment.

At this moment, the souls outside had almost burned out.

Through the shattered, transparent wall, Heo could vaguely see the vast, boundless sea.

The power of the main world and the power of his own body began to flow into his body.

The gray core struggled even more violently, trying to break free from He's control in one fell swoop and shatter the void completely, but the pull from the mystical connection held it in place, preventing it from leaving.

The outer souls finally burned most of their energy, and the invisible wall that enveloped the space on the inside completely collapsed at that moment.

A gentle sea breeze caressed Heo's face, and a communicative response from the depths of the world echoed in his mind.

At this moment, He Ao's consciousness returned to its original form.

Not far behind him, a corpse was floating on the sea; it was Noctis.

As He Ao watched, a gray flame ignited from within the body, instantly reducing it to ashes and disappearing into the sea.

At the same time, the world around He Ao is rapidly becoming illusory.

A vast, boundless wasteland appeared on the sea.

The gray core that He Ao held in his hand trembled violently at that moment.

A void spatial rift fully unfolded around it, and a terrifying aura emanated from the other end of the rift.

It also seems to be waiting for the moment when the outer space breaks apart.

The gray light that had traversed He Ao's body also began to crumble at this moment, along with the collapse of the outer space.

At this moment, Heo's occult connection with this gray core also diminished to its lowest point.

Almost simultaneously, invisible forces spread out from all directions, directly smoothing out the opened spatial rift just as the gray core was about to jump into it.

This power comes directly from the core of the main world.

Part of the communication between Heo and the main world was for this moment.
The gray core attempted to break through the void again, but the surrounding wasteland illusion had already taken shape. In the next instant, He Ao and the gray core completely disappeared into the vast and boundless sea and appeared in the martial arts world.

He looked down at his palm.

The gray core was still struggling violently, but it could no longer break through any space.

While the core power of the Trapped Fate Disc may not be as strong as that of the main world, its binding power when trapping and confining such high-level forces is far stronger than that of the main world.

He Ao turned his gaze and glanced at the stone platform next to him and the thick stack of documents on it.

These are the different historical differences he recorded as he constantly altered history.

Through a series of small events, he completely altered Noctis's fundamental character.

Given Noctis's personality, he would never risk coming out to ambush Heo, no matter how great the benefits Heo offered him.

This cautious and conservative personality he developed through a series of setbacks in his life means he only does things with a high probability of success.

He added some 'adventures' to his past experiences, and made his previously failed adventures more successful than expected.

This will cause him to develop certain adventurous tendencies at the core of his personality.

Judging from Noctis's tendency to express himself, he is not entirely conservative; he is simply forced to be conservative because of the many setbacks he has experienced.

If enough risk-taking is created and Heo offers enough benefits, he might be tempted.

However, this personality trait must be developed very carefully. If it is overdone and Noctis is completely portrayed as an adventurous person, then subsequent events, including Heo's past life experiences, may be altered.

Based on past experiences where saving one building could lead to an escalating earthquake, the outcome of such a drastic change is unlikely to be good.

However, if the changes are not thorough enough and Noctis doesn't take the bait, then all those changes will have been in vain.

Editing history is far more difficult than a 'Memory Master' manipulating memories and destiny.

Taking all these considerations into account, when Heo altered Noctis's experiences, he tried to utilize historical events as much as possible, only adding minor grafting and influence.

For example, in the gangs Noctis joined, there were indeed incidents where subordinates killed their bosses and took over.

For example, in the treasure cave in the island town, someone did successfully steal the treasure, but it wasn't Noctis. Heo grafted part of that person's fate and experience onto Noctis, while trying to ensure that the experiences of the two people returned to their original positions.

These operations were not completed in one go. After each change, Heo would compare the disaster and the situation, and then compare it with Noctis's subsequent development to see if there had been any deviations.

That's how that thick stack of documents came about.

Although He Ao tried his best to ensure that the course of history remained the same as before, his changes still caused three massive tsunamis and five earthquakes of magnitude 6 or higher.

However, these earthquakes and tsunamis occurred in the deep sea, Gobi Desert, and other uninhabited areas, and did not cause significant damage or have a particularly large impact on the actual course of history.

This is already the limit of He Aoneng's control.

He Ao's gaze swept over the small black book that was closed to the side.

Through this series of attempts, he also roughly figured out some of the deeper capabilities of historical contracts.

Historical records cannot truly and arbitrarily change history. The more extensive the modifications to history and the greater the impact, the more difficult and time-consuming the changes become.

Heo altered Noctis's experiences by keeping him as stable as possible on the original historical trajectory, only modifying some of his fundamental personality traits, making the changes easy.

However, if He Ao wants to change a major event in the main world, or involve matters concerning high-ranking beings, it will probably take a long time to achieve this.

Of course, this is just the process of change; the impact and cost of the change are another matter.

However, He Ao still had a vague feeling that he had not yet touched the deepest horrors of history.

If it were only this kind of influence, it would not seem enough for the goddess of life to warn him to 'be careful of history'.

However, he doesn't want to touch on such core secrets unless absolutely necessary.

A sense of awe for the mysterious is an essential quality for navigating the world of occultism.

He lowered his head and looked at the gray core that was pulsating in his hand, which was trying to dissect the void.

Clearly, Noctis did not understand this principle.

Noctis was actually very, very 'lucky' because he gained powerful strength from the start. Although the gray core limited his path to extraordinary abilities, it granted him almost bug-like prophetic abilities.

This made it easy for him to become one of the top figures in the main world. Compared to people like He Ao and Li Cheng who desperately leveled up by shedding blood, he was indeed lucky.

However, due to his arrogance from being in a 'high position' for a long time and his smooth-sailing experience, he did not develop a sense of awe for the mysterious.

Of course, he was also unfortunate.

Because his personality was deliberately 'cultivated' by someone.

He raised the gray core in his hand, gazing at the pulsating power within it.

The one who 'raised' Noctis was the one who gave him power.

Noctis enjoyed all the 'benefits' that this power brought him, and he himself was the price he had to pay.

When trying to influence Noctis's personality, Heo discovered that his modifications to Noctis's early life experiences, as long as the changes were not too drastic, had almost no impact on his core behavior in the last eighteen years.

This can only mean that what Noctis has done in the last eighteen years is very likely not entirely out of his own volition.

This gray core is also subtly influencing Noctis's personality and manipulating his behavior.

Preventing Noctis from contacting the extraordinary and entering the ruins is likely also part of this core influence.

Therefore, when Heo modified Noctis's character, he also took this core influence into account.

Although there were some setbacks along the way, he eventually succeeded.

As He Ao gazed at the gray core, beams of gray light shone in his pupils, and countless forces gathered from all directions, surrounding the core.

He'ao's current abilities are insufficient to fathom the essence of this core. The source of this core is probably not limited to angels and tyrants, but most likely belongs to a deity.

This explains the core's powerful capabilities; after all, in essence, the core's power is not actually that strong.

However, it seems that in order to pass through the ruins and hide itself from the God of Machines, the core power underwent some kind of special 'dimensional reduction' process.

At first glance, it is not even possible to recognize the high status of this core. After coexisting with Noctis's soul for so long, it even looks like something from the main world.

This should also be the ability of the high-level existence behind the creation of this gray core, but it is also because of this 'dimensional reduction' that He Ao has the possibility of controlling this core.

After this series of dimensional reduction and concealment processes in order to enter the main world, the connection between this core and its source—the high-ranking being who created it—has been severed.

Because of this rupture, the high-level being is unable to lower its power along the core, and may not even be able to consistently sense the existence of the core.

After all, if He Ao had been able to sense even a hint of his exact location, he would probably be dead by now.

The core of this story lies in sacrificing Noctis in the end, attempting to break through the void, probably in order to return to the side of the true creator.

Along with it, they will probably also bring back information and coordinates from the main world.

From a third-party perspective, this core influence on Noctis, leading him to push for the mutual destruction of the Heo and the Navigator, was probably a decision that benefited its creator.

With the intervention of Heo and the God of Machines gone, the creator of this core can now descend into the main world more 'smoothly'.

Of course, He Ao would never let this core go.

This is exactly what he wants.

He hadn't used this core ability before, but now he does.

A gray light ignited in He'ao's pupils, and the power of the Mystic Wizard was fully activated within his body. The void of the universe and all things in the world revealed their most essential lines in his eyes, constructing magnificent colors.

He raised his hand and began to orchestrate it all.

Often, knowledge itself means power.

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